Raindancing spawned further hit singles, including a cover of Floy Joy's "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" and "Ordinary Girl". Moyet had another big UK hit the following year with "Is This Love?" (co-written by the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, under the pseudonym Jean Guiot), followed in 1987 by her second LP, Raindancing. (Twenty years later, he overdubbed his vocal for the Live Aid DVD release.) Moyet also released a single not featured on Alf, a cover of the standard "That Ole Devil Called Love", which climbed to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart (it remains Moyet's highest-charting UK single). In 1985, Moyet performed at Live Aid alongside Paul Young and later returned unscheduled to the stage (alongside Bob Geldof, David Bowie and Pete Townshend) to provide vocals on "Let It Be" when Paul McCartney's vocal microphone at his piano failed, leaving him unable to be heard for the first stanza of the song.
In some European territories, a fourth single, "For You Only", was also released. Alf spawned three international hit singles, "Love Resurrection" (UK No. 10), "Invisible" (UK No. 21) and "All Cried Out" (UK No. 8). The record was a hit in Britain, reaching No. 1 in the album chart. The album was co-written by the duo and Moyet, with the exception of "Invisible", which was written for Moyet by Lamont Dozier. Alf was produced by the record producing and songwriting team of Jolley & Swain. In 1984, Moyet released her debut solo album Alf (titled after her punk-era nickname). While Clarke went on to form The Assembly (another duo, this time with Eric Radcliffe) and then Erasure (a duo again, with Andy Bell), Moyet signed to CBS, and began her solo career. In 1983, Clarke decided to disband Yazoo. Yazoo had several hits, including "Only You", "Don't Go", "Situation" and "Nobody's Diary", and recorded two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both. In the United States, the band operated under the name Yaz, due to trademark issues with the Yazoo Records record label already operating in the region. Music career 1980s: Yazoo and solo beginningsĪt the age of 21, Moyet's mainstream pop career began in 1982 with the formation of the synthpop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke. She was involved in a number of punk rock, pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Vandals, the Screamin' Ab Dabs, the Vicars and the Little Roosters (the latter featuring Garrie Lammin, formerly of Cock Sparrer). After leaving school at 16, she worked as a shop assistant and trained as a piano tuner.
She grew up in the nearby town of Basildon, where she attended Janet Duke Junior School and then Nicholas Comprehensive at secondary level. Moyet was born in the Essex town of Billericay to a French father and English mother. Her most recent album, her ninth, Other, was released 16 June 2017. She has also achieved nine Top 30 singles and five Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart. All nine of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 30 UK Album Chart, with two of the albums reaching number one. Her UK album sales have reached a certified 23 million, with over a million singles sold. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo (also known as Yaz), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist. Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet ( / ˈ m ɒ j eɪ/ born 18 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy contralto voice.
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